Last week they were going after the Second Amendment.
We actually resolved this issue with England a long time ago.
Why stand we here idle? What is it that gentlemen wish? What would they have? Is life so dear, or peace so sweet, as to be purchased at the price of chains and slavery? Forbid it, Almighty God! I know not what course others may take; but as for me, give me liberty or give me death!
– Patrick Henry March 23, 1775
h/t to Amino
WOW, GLOBAL COLD TAKING HOLD! Joe Bastardi
The 06z run of the GFS as a global temp forecast of -.38C against the normals by midnight the 21st! Given where we are now, and what is projected the next 7 days at least, the Jan temp should finish between .1 and .2c below normal, which would be a drop, since August of over .6c!
Now for those that think this is just a drop in the bucket, let me give you the facts. The global spike by the el nino was short lived because the el nino collapsed quickly. Why? Because we are in a cold PDO. Cold events in a cold PDO last longer and are stronger. The idea of the biggest one year drop from 2010 to 2011, which exceeds the post 97-98 nino drop looks darn good. Why? Because we had a warm PDO.
More importantly, the average Joe, paying attention, will be able to easily see the linkage between the fluctuations of the ocean and the global temp. The ideas I have touting, trying to get people to understand that temp is a measure of energy, and the cooling where its warm matters much more to what is going to happen than warming where its cool, is showing why the forecast made here over 9 months ago for this drop has merit. A cold pdo, then amo.. the global temps fall, the opposite, as had been the case up until 3 years ago ( the amo is still warm) they rise. That it leveled off before hand shows the earths tendency to fight back in the first place, and also that no new ENERGY was being added to the system, or stored, to create the opined apocalypse. In addition, there is no sign of stratospheric cooling in the larger term, which is the tell tale sign of true tropospheric warming. Now hot spots being stored at 25,000 feet and compensating cooling above. Nada. At the surface, global sea ice can be explained simply by the fact that warm amo and pdo warm the continents around them in the means, which surround the northern ice cap. Now, what do you think will happen when we go the opposite way
I realize everyone else is now waking up to this, and the deniers of the facts ( they want to call me a denier, well two can play this game) are saying this a fluctuation down, which will be met by bigger turn up. Wrong. The reason the global spike, whether you want to say it was the warmest ever or not ( 2010) could not go well beyond it is because the cooling has begun. After all, if the base state was higher than the 98 warm event, why didnt we just blow it away to get back to the IPCC forecast cone.
I’m beginning to believe one side of my opponents argument.. that the debate may indeed be over, but not for the reasons they think. However if this all does occur, you wont see me arguing for the end of the debate of the influence of man… just arguing we shouldnt be shoving things down peoples throat based on agenda driven conclusions. I do think even if I carry the field on this FORECAST the next 10-20 years, it does not mean that my side should do to the other side what they have attempted to do to us, given that there is the lurking in the background the idea that so much research does have value. I guess that is what happens when one was brought up to be tolerant, open-minded and yes liberal IN THE TRUE SENSE OF THE WORDS. You do respect the other side, and what they bring to the table.
I have never said that curbing emissions in an effort to better the world should not have a seat at the table, its just that its not at the head of the table. And I trust this will be proven to all but the most dogmatic over the coming years.
And by the way, the ice, which has been lagging behind, is about to get a big boost as the AO goes toward positive. Remember that forecast is FOR THE SUMMER.. that we will have less ice melt than the past 5 years. Its not summer yet, and the areas lagging are about to turn colder for the rest of winter and spring. The US navy has been doing studies and they reveal precisely what people who dont have their head buried in the sand know, the THICK SEA ICE IS INCREASING! You can look at that yourself here.
http://hidethedecline.eu/pages/posts/trends-in-arctic-ice-thickness-and-volume- 211.php
Naturally, this is not showing up in the mainstream, and it takes a blog that is trying to offer counter ideas to show this. But its also fascinating to me that apparently a military organization, who by their very nature have to confront cold hard facts in their dealings, since lives are on the line immediately in their jobs, come up with a different conclusion than is seen in the civilian sector, WHO THEY ARE MADE TO PROTECT.. no matter what the cost.
You do the math.
ciao for now
Have a look at Joe’s blog, there are more interesting stories to read
http://www.accuweather.com/ukie/bastardi-europe-blog.asp?partner=accuweather
So, with global temps trailing below average, a fact not predicted by the UN IPCC, not predicted by NASA/GISS activist James Hansen nor Al Gore the AGW claim that CO2 drives global temperatures is DEAD, DEAD, DEAD, DEAD, DEAD, DEAD, DEAD, DEAD, DEAD, DEAD.
yep, Joe pounded them
The Guardian is all for free speech as long you only say the right things.
“Report this postReply with quoteRe: New global warming thread
by DodgyGeezer » Sat Jan 15, 2011 11:47 am
A little reprise on the recent Guardian ‘extreme moderation’….
I have been through some of the posts and I think I can see what they are doing. They seem to be applying a very tight off-topic rule.
The way it works is that a piece is written on, say, the threat to the Polar Bears’ environment due to global warming. Comments will be accepted which support that assertion. If someone suggests that the Polar Bears’ environment is NOT being damaged, or that Polar Bears are NOT under threat, then this is obviously not on-topic – since the topic IS the damage to the Polar Bears’ environment. To remain on-topic it is necessary to comply with the underlying assumptions of the article.
Simples……”
http://umbrellog.com/forum3/viewtopic.php?f=2&t=1008808&start=555#p116826
George Orwell taught us long ago that when you want to control a debate you first control the language within which that debate can be expressed. Actually he went a whole lot further but the lesson is clear.
Ruling by decree in a Totalitarian fashion (Liberal Fascism) is the only way to execute
the green agenda.
The net is closing.
Who is is going to bite the dust, them or us, will be the question we will have ask ourselves very soon.
“Where liberty dwells, there is my country.”
~Benjamin Franklin
“Without Freedom of Thought there can be no such Thing as Wisdom; and no such Thing as Public Liberty, without Freedom of Speech.”
~Benjamin Franklin, writing as Silence Dogood
The best essay of George F. Will and the only way to go.
http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2011/01/14/AR2011011404663.html
“The urge to save humanity is always a false front for the urge to rule it?”
H L Mencken
“If America is to speak in a way that heals, as Obama wishes!”
Do they really believe what the speech writers wrote and appears to have come out of POTUS’ mouth. There truly is a sucker born every day. The words do not mean anything and you will not separate a puppet from those who created him unless you offer them enough money to BUY their creation!